Consistently building your brand

Consistently building your brand takes effort.

If you want to build and maintain a strong brand, you’ll need to focus on what your customers want and how you can guarantee to deliver it. You’ll need to be consistent in your service and every other point of contact customers have with you – for example phone calls, letters, emails, etc.

Tell your customers

Remember that every possible contact you have with a customer or potential customer needs to reinforce your brand values.

Key areas to consider are:

your business name

the names of your products or services

any slogan you use

your logo

the style and quality of your stationery

product pricing and packaging

your premises

where and how you advertise

how you and your employees dress

how you and your employees behave

your company website

If all these are consistently in line with your brand values, your brand will be strengthened. But if all of them aren’t in line, your brand – and your business – could be seriously damaged. A brand makes promises to customers and if they aren’t fulfilled, your customers will be far less likely to buy again.

For example, Delightful Jewellery’s “Elegant” range may be beautifully produced, stylishly packaged and glamorously advertised in glossy magazines. Its brand values could be “classy, special, elegant”. But if staff are rude or unprofessional on the phone, customers won’t think about Delightful Jewellery’s elegance – they’ll think about its staff’s rudeness. As a result the brand -and possibly the business – will be undermined.

Your logo can be of particular significance to customers. You should create a policy on its usage, ensuring it is used consistently and its quality is always maintained. This acts as a reassurance when customers are considering buying your products or receive them after purchase. Your logo can act as an initial guarantee of quality in these circumstances.

Similarly, ensure that you consider the design and quality of your invoices and receipts, which can often be the last stage in an interaction with a customer. This can affect their willingness to give you repeat custom and even to pay on time.

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I am a creative social media professional with expertise in digital content strategy development, social media analyst, reputation management, account maintenance, and marketing. I have gained valuable online experience creating innovative, creative and exciting social media accounts that grow client audiences and create brand awareness. I have managed multiple campaigns simultaneously with a focus on traffic generation by creating viral content, syndicating it to social networks, and optimizing for various web applications. One of my specialties is that I am an Organisational Development Specialist and my holistic and creative efforts are focused on the establishment of valuable networks that in the end will generate revenue.